A Girl in the Real World

Day 16. Fall fashion This is West Texas. Our fall lasts about a blink of an eye. For example, it was 90 degrees today. But its getting to...

Living in west Texas all my life, I'm fairly use to severe weather. It's feast or famine around here...if you want to call severe t...

So, it's been raining. Doesn't really seem like a big deal to most of y'all, I'm sure. But around here that is all anyone ...

Every morning, when I walk out of the kitchen to the living room to open the curtains, Lola pops her leg up in the air and insists that I gi...

{1} I'm thankful for all the rain we've been getting. It brought our Crepe Myrtle back from the dead.   {2} I'm than...

Link up with Jaime   1. I'm loving that I mustered up the nerve to walk across the street to meet my new across the street neigh...

Have you been hanging out with August? Because y'all are both scorching hot...and not in a good way. Let me remind you that as much fun...

1. Yoga is hard. And very relaxing at the same time. How is that possible? 2. It's pathetic when the idea of only reaching 89 sounds l...

Dear blogs that I follow - I am a little jealous because so many of y'all are going through wonderful life changing events right now. Y...

This wonderful spring weather has brought with it the WORST case of allergies ever to the Just Jinny household. I don't normally even ...

On days like today I'm glad that we don't have children. Because on days like today I have a strong urge to get in my car and sta...

1. It's freakin' cold outside, y'all! It actually snowed yesterday, for about an hour. It didn't stick..thank goodness. Afte...

Wearing one of Jeremy's long sleeve shirts while I'm lounging around the house. The "big" boss sending an email saying ...

1. Overtime is back on at work. 10 hour days are great for the paycheck but put a serious hink in my normal routine. My sister laughs at me,...

Sorry for my lack of posting this last week. I did manage to at least post SOMETHING, but I feel like my usual enthusiasm was missing. Getti...

Y'all, it is hot. Not just hot but hhoottttt-ta. My little weather icon is telling me it is currently 102 degrees...at 7:00 in the eveni...

is that sunshine? It is! And I even see some grass so I get to keep my sanity (what little of it there is).

We've barely been out of the house, except for work, over the last three days. The one time we ventured to the store we went into a skid...

Yesterday afternoon, 80°F This afternoon, 25°F